[KimM]

Since it's so close to Thanksgiving, I thought I would post this. Of course, since I have macaws, I used macaws in my recipe. I read this last year and it still cracks me up. You can use any of your little darlings in this recipe. LOL

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Enjoy!

HOW TO STUFF YOUR MACAW ON THANKSGIVING
Ingredients:
Turkey
Stuffing
Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Green Beans
Cranberry Sauce
Hot rolls and Butter
Relish tray
Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream
Hot Coffee

Get up early in the morning & have a cup of coffee. It's going to be a long day, so place your Macaw on a perch nearby to keep you company while you prepare the meal.
Remove Macaw from kitchen counter and return him to perch.
Prepare stuffing, and remove Macaw from edge of stuffing bowl and return him to perch.
Stuff turkey & place it in the roasting pan, and remove Macaw from edge of pan and return him to perch. Have another cup of coffee to steady your nerves.
Remove Macaw's head from turkey cavity and return him to perch, and restuff the turkey.
Prepare relish tray, and remember to make twice as much so that you'll have a regular size serving after the Macaw has eaten his fill. Remove Macaw from kitchen counter and return him to perch.
Prepare cranberry sauce, discard berries accidentally flung to the floor by Macaw.
Peel potatoes, remove Macaw from edge of potato bowl and return him to perch.
Arrange sweet potatoes in a pan & cover with brown sugar & mini marshmallows. Remove Macaw from edge of pan and return him to perch. Replace missing marshmallows.
Brew another pot of coffee. While it is brewing, clean up the torn filter. Pry coffee bean from Macaw beak. Have another cup of coffee & remove Macaw from kitchen counter and return him to perch.

When time to serve the meal:
Place roasted turkey on a large platter, and cover beak marks with strategically placed sprigs of parsley.
Put mashed potatoes into serving bowl, rewhip at last minute to conceal beak marks and claw prints.
Place pan of sweet potatoes on sideboard, forget presentation as there's no way to hide the areas of missing marshmallows.
Put rolls in decorative basket, remove Macaw from side of basket and return him to perch.
Remove beaked rolls, serve what's left.
Set a stick of butter out on the counter to soften - think better and return it to the refrigerator.
Wipe down counter to remove mashed potato claw tracks. Remove Macaw from kitchen counter and return him to perch.
Cut the pie into serving slices. Wipe whipped cream off Macaw's beak and place large dollops of remaining whipped cream on pie slices.
Whole slices are then served to guests, beaked-out portions should be reserved for host & hostess.
Place Macaw inside cage & lock the door.
Sit down to a nice relaxing dinner with your family – accompanied by plaintive cries of "WANT DINNER!" from the other room.